Date_Only

Issued Only by
DATE
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A Trainmen Project
This project was initiated by
Commander Roger Adamek 2012-13
Updated: February 3, 2024
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Project Chiefs
Roger Adamek & Enrico Aidala

Edited by
Col Crutch Williams CSA TM01
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Other TM Contributors

Randall Smith * Michael Tekesky * Dave Schnorr
Amanda Sheheen * Layton Nakao * Randy Shipley
Amanda Sheheen * Richie Self

The one requirement for Confederate 730 notes was that a date was to be applied by the agent before the note was paid out. We have sorted these notes by Person/Date and Place/Date; but, until now, no one has saved them by Date Only. Most of these dates are manuscript yet a few are found as stamped dates. The ink used for manuscript dates is most often Brown in various shades; but, you can find the occasional Red, Blue and Blue-Black colors as well. Date stamps are shown in Black, Orange, Red-Orange and Blue colors. A variety of Issued Dates are imaged on here sorted by Month, Day and Year. The earliest Issued Date in this sample is August 8, 1862 and the latest Issued Date is January 19, 1865. If you have a Date Only not illustrated and would like us to include it please contact Roger Adamek or Crutch Williams.

Red Date Stamp

These stamps are found on the obverse of 730 interest notes.
They are also found on a wide variety of other CSA demand (Type) notes.

Year
Manuscript & Stamp Issue Dates applied to the back of 730 notes

1862 * 1863 * 1864 * 1865

Orientation

Vertical Orientation
The vast majority of all Issued and Interest Paid have this orientation.

Horizontal Orientation

A very uncommon manuscript known on only a few reported notes including Officer Issued.

Diagonal Orientation
aka
Catawampus

Extremely Scarce!

1862
No known May
June * July * August * September * October * November * December

    T39
    June 27, 1862


This date is also found on the front of this note. In other words, it is the Registry Date. The question here is, was this date applied the day this note was Paid Out by a Clerk in Richmond; or, was it applied by a Collector sometime on or after January 1st, 1863, who was calculating an Interest from Date to remind him what date to figure interest from? I personally believe it would be a Paid Out or Issued Date by a Clerk in some department in Richmond who had been told to date any 730 he paid out. He would have no reason to check the date on the front of a 730 note. He would only take the time to turn it over and date it and pass it to the person he was paying. Obviously, there is no way to actually know; but, this is a Date Only without any doubt and it takes its place at the top of this list as the first reported June!    July

T39
July 15, 1862

   T39
    July 16, 1862

T39
21 July 1862

    T39
   August 8, 1862

    T39
    August 21, 1862

T39
August 27 / 62

T39
August 28th, 1862

T39
August 29th, 1862

T39
September 2nd 1862

T39
September 3, 1862

T39
September 12, 1862

    T39
    September 12, 1862
    Fancy Date

T41
September 15th, 1862

        T40
    September 17th, 1862

T40
September 23. 1862

T39
September 24, 1862

T40
September 25 (1862)

    T39
    26th September 1862
    (ReIssue)

T39
September 28, 1862

T40
October 1, 1862

T40
October 4, 1862

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T41
October 6th, 1862

Note: The next few Georgia stamps are the same size.
How they were imaged accounts for differences in screen-size.

    Train (Georgia)
    October 7, 1862

Train (Georgia)
October 8, 1862

Train (Georgia)
October 9, 1862

    T40 (Georgia)
    October 10, 1862

T40
October 16, 1862

    T41
    October 17, 1862

    T41
    October ~~17th~~ 21st 1862
    Prepared 17th and cancelled.
    New Date different ink added
    Unusual Ink - Gray & Blackish

T40
October 25, 1862

    \T41
   November 1s(t) / 62

    T41
    November 11, 1862

T41
November 15, 1862

T40
November 16, 1862

    T40
    November 21, 1862

    T40
    November 23, 1862 (23th error or 25th?)
    Seen with Shelbyville, TE postal stamp

    T41
    December 1st, 1862

T41
December 2nd 1862

T41
December 4, 62

    T40
    Reissued
    December 5th,, 1862

    Catawampus (illustrated top)
    T40
    December 10, 1862

T41
December 10, 1862

      T40
    December 13th 1862
    Reissued (sic) wrote "Reissured"

        Same handwriting as last yet not as clear ...
    T40
    December 15th 1862
    Reissued (sic)
   Wrote "Reissured" ?

    T41
    Issued 15 Dec 1862

    T40
    December 24th, 1862
    Reissuered (sic)

    T40
       Reissued
    December 27th, 1862

1863
Error Date

January * February * March * April * May * June
July * August * September * October * November * December

T41
January 1, 1863

    T40
    January 2, 1863

T40
4th January 1863

T40
January 5, 1863

1863_01_06_T40

T40
January 6, 1863

     T40
    January 7th, 1863

    T40
    January 8, 1863

    T41
    January 10, 1863

   T40
    January 12, 1863

T41
January 14th 1863

    T41
   January 18th 1863

Edward Cross - Arkansas Depositary

Only Issuer Identified ~ by handwriting!
We discovered an Interest Paid with initial EC.
Then we found Interim Deposit Receipts & Exchange Certificates to compare handwriting.
His handwriting is so distinct. They were without question an absolute match.

T40 (Edward Cross)
January 20, 1863

T41
January 21, 1863

T41
January 22nd 1863

T40 (Edward Cross Arkansas Depositary)
January 22, 1863

T40 (Edward Cross Arkansas Depositary)
January 23, 1863

T39
January 24, 1863

     T40 - Edward Cross
    January 26, 1863

T41 - Edward Cross
January 27, 1863

        T41 - Edward Cross
    January 28, 1863

    T41
    January 28, 1863

T41
January 29th, 1863

    T41
    January 30, 1863    Paid Out &c
    Month left off, scratched out and reapplied

    T41
    January 30, 1863 Regular Issued

T41 - Edward Cross (Fancy J in January)
January 30, 1863

T41 - Edward Cross
January 31, 1863

    T41
    January 31, 1863

T40
February 2nd, 1863

       T41
     February 3rd, 1863
    Edward Cross

T40
February 4th, 1863

T41
February 6, 1863

    T41 ~ Edward Cross
    February 6, 1863

    T41
   February 7th, 1863
   Written as Febry 7. 63

T41
February 8th, 63

T41
February 9, 1863

    T41
    February 10, 1863

T41
February 12, 1863

T41
February 13, 1863

T41
February 14, 1863

    T41
    February 15, 1863

T41
February 17, 1863

T40
February 18, 1863

May 28, 1864

T41
June 1, 1864

T41
June 11, 1864

T41
June 15, 1864

T41
June 30, 1864

    T41
    July 1, 1864

T41
July 14, 1864

T41
July 27, 1864

    T41
   July 28, 1864

T40
August 4, 1864

   T40
    December 23, 1864

1865

T41
January 1st 1865/3

    T41
    January 19, 1865

Red Date Stamp
This section will be expanded as more images come in
Found on 730 Notes

1862 * 1863

There has been a great deal of discussion regarding the reasoning behind the application of Red Date Stamps to various types of notes over the years. On 730 Trains (T39/40) they are always found on the obverse above the right serial number & plate letter. On the few Hoers (T41) they have been seen on, the stamp is located above the date at upper right. Are they Re-Issue Dates; Are they Validation Dates attesting to a note's genuineness; or, are they a combination of both Re-Issue and Validation when found on 730 notes? Regardless of your opinion, Red Date Stamps are scarce and are a great addition to any collection of Confederate 730 notes.

Two Varieties of 91262 Stamp

T39 H&L

If you were to call a Red Date Stamp common, I suppose it would be this one - 91262. It is found on a number of different Type notes and on a large quantity of Hoyer & Ludwig T39 Trains. There was a small horde of well over 100+ H&L Trains with this stamp that surfaced over 15 years ago and all were disbursed quickly. I have shown this image to illustrate that there were at least two different hand stamps used to date reissued notes. I believe it is also found on a few other odd Trains. I am not aware of it being found on a Hoer as I write this text.

Please report any dates not illustrated and provide an image of the entire front of the note at 100% x 200dpi. Thanks, Crutch

1862

Sep 12/62 T39

Oct 29/62 T40

Nov 10/62 T41

Nov 18/62 T40

Dec 2/62 T40

Dec 4/62 T40

Dec 27/62 T40

1863

Jan 12/63 T41

Feb 5/63 T39

Feb 7/63 T39

Feb 11/63 T40

Feb 14/63 T40

Feb 16/63 T40

Feb 18/63 T40

Feb 19/63 T39

Feb 23/63 T39

March 9/63 T40

Mar 13/63 T40

Apr 9/63 T40

The February 23, 1863 Red Date Stamp on T39 above is the first Vertical positioned Red Date Stamp found and reported on a 1862 730 Interest Hundred. The February 11, 1863 on T40 imaged above is the only known example on 730 Note where the date is positioned above the Serial Number. The standard was to put the Red Date in the area above the Plate Letter A. There would of course with the same person applying the stamp on that date, as would be the same case with the Feb 23rd date. These two are just further example of New Variations of Theme that can still be found on these fascinating 730 Interest Hundreds.

The May and June 1863 Red Date Stamps are known on other 1861 Type notes; however, none have yet to be reported for the T39/40 Trains & T41 Hoer 1862 730 Interest Hundred Notes. Keep your eyes open. Surely there are more new discoveries to be made!

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